RNS Photos of the Week: Helmet blessing; Ethiopian Meskel

(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes motorcycle pilgrims in Portugal, International Day of Peace commemorations, Meskel celebrations in Ethiopia and more.   Motorcyclists arrive at the parking lots around the Roman Catholic holy shrine of Fatima to attend the IX Pilgrimage of the Blessing of Helmets, which draws tens of thousands of pilgrims, in Fatima, Portugal, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)     A priest holds a police motorcycle helmet while blessing the helmets of faithful during the IX Pilgrimage of the Blessing of Helmets in Fatima, Portugal, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)     Tens of thousands gather at the Catholic shrine of Fatima during the IX Pilgrimage of the Blessing of Helmets, in Fatima, Portugal, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)     Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee prays for political leaders at an American Renewal Project pastor luncheon in Henderson, North Carolina, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (RNS photo/Yonat Shimron)     Tibetan monks create a mandala using colored sand during the annual International Day of Peace, in Times Square, Saturday Sept. 21, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)     A female U.N peacekeeper, right, and a female civilian paint as they mark International Day of Peace at Ledras Palace, inside the U.N controlled buffer zone that divides the Greek Cypriot, south, and the Turkish Cypriots at Turkish occupied area at the north, in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)     Religious leaders and Ethiopians celebrate Meskel, an annual religious holiday among Orthodox Christians, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo)     Ethiopians celebrate Meskel, meaning the cross in Amharic, during the annual Orthodox Christian holiday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo)     Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is displayed on screens as he speaks at an event in Uniondale, N.Y., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)     Activists of various faith backgrounds hold signs protesting Narendra Modi, outside the Nassau Veterans Memorial Colisieum in Uniondale, N.Y., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Photo by Rohan Narine/Hindus for Human Rights)   Archival Photos     This was an eventful day for the John F. Kennedy family. October 27, 1963, was the first time all members of the First Family attended church together. Only a few weeks before his third birthday, little “John John” was permitted to attend his first public Mass at the Kennedy’s parish church, St. Stephen the Martyr, in Middleburg, Va. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)     Some 200 Protestants, Roman Catholics and Jews joined in an interreligious Thanksgiving service to mark the Senate passage of the Civil Rights Bill and to pledge continued efforts on behalf of racial justice, circa June 10, 1964. It was held on the lawn of the United Methodist Building in Washington, about a block from the Capitol. Reading the Scripture is Bishop Henry C. Bunton of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. (RNS archive photo by the National Council of Churches. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)   Talk to Us We want your feedback on the RNS Photos of the Week — what you think we're doing right and what we should be doing differently. Send us an email at Comments@ReligionNews.com Subscribe to other RNS Newsletters. Forward this email to a friend. View the archive of past newsletters. RNS is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today. If you prefer to mail a donation, please address to: Religion News Foundation, PO Box 1808, Columbia, MO 65205. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend